#68 Cory Doctorow: Digital Rights, Surveillance Capitalism & Interoperable Socks

Patricia and Christian talk to author and digital rights advocate Cory Doctorow about his new book, Attack Surface, and where his work intersects with economics, and also about the importance of the work of David Graeber. Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast Support Cory's "Attack Surface" Audiobook Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/attack-surface-audiobook-for-the-third-little-brother-book Cory's podcast, with a big excerpt from "Attack Surface" and a continuing series of "Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town" read by Cory: http://feeds.feedburner.com/doctorow_podcast Cory's Daily Blog: https://pluralistic.net All our episodes with Cory: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41970049 For an intro to MMT, listen to our first three episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41742417 Bill Mitchell on the Job Guarantee: http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=40464 , http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=3737 Our Job Guarantee episodes: Ep 4 with Fadhel Kaboub: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41742701 Ep 47 with Pavlina Tcherneva: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36034543 Pavlina Tcherneva's excellent Job Guarantee FAQ: http://pavlina-tcherneva.net/job-guarantee-faq/ Read about opposition to the NHS at the planning stage:  https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/the-birth-of-the-nhs-856091.html https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/alevelstudies/origins-nhs.htm Read about The Philip Cross affair: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2018/05/the-philip-cross-affair/ Transcript for opening monologue: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42042235